LINQ to XSD

One of the cool features in VB 9.0 is the ability to work directly with XML in code without having to wrap quotes around everything. If you're a C# developer, that's a feature that we don't have although you can do similar things with LINQ to XML (quotes required though).

Microsoft just released an updated version of a new technology preview called LINQ to XSD that allows strongly-typed access to XML data. It's still early in the process, but those that like to be on the bleeding edge can read more about it and download it here.